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Title: Mark Ames: Why the American Right Never Liked V.S. Naipaul
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Naked Capitalism
URL Source: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011 ... t-never-liked-v-s-naipaul.html
Published: Jul 2, 2011
Author: Mark Ames
Post Date: 2011-07-02 10:22:11 by lucysmom
Keywords: Right-wing Zombies, Soul On Ice
Views: 90756
Comments: 154
I’ve often wondered why the American Right has been so quiet about V.S. Naipaul. He’s easily the most talented reactionary writer in the English language–maybe the only living talent left in the right-wing zombiesphere. The American Right devotes an insane amount of resources into manufacturing hagiographies on anyone whom they believe makes them look good–even the Soviets couldn’t compete with today’s American Right when it comes to glorifying their pantheon of degenerate cretins like Ayn Rand, Phyllis Schlafly, Friedrich von Hayek… I found a few passages that I think explain why they never liked Naipaul much. Basically, it comes down to this: The American Right only needs “team players”–shameless, cynical hacks who can be counted on to churn out whatever rank propaganda ordered up by the Heritage Foundation. For that, you need a Rotary Club nihilist like Dinesh D’Souza, someone totally devoid of a literary ego, intellectual curiosity or a gag reflex. I was just reading Patrick French’s brilliant biography of Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, and came across this interesting scene from Naipaul’s visit to America in 1969. Naipaul had already started developing a reputation at that point as one of the rare examples of a dark-skinned reactionary Tory from a Third World colony, making him one of the most despised literary figures among the trendy-left.
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#1. To: Badeye, A K A Stone, hondo68, Fred Mertz, Godwinson, go65, war, no gnu taxes, Skip Intro, ferret mike, jwpegler, brian s, mcgowanjm, Capitalist Eric, Mininggold (#0)
Interesting piece.
boring. trite. tired.
Perfect epitaph, Boof...
If you don't use his name he wont use yours. Sounds fair to me.
Sorry Stone. I made the mistake of reviewing that pussy's thousands of posts to and about me here the other day. Won't happen again. Oddly, his comment almost reflects what his old lady screams....(chuckle) Anyway, back on the filter he goes. Won't be an issue.
Won't happen again. Standard practice here is to be given a time out to think about it.
What gave you that idea. war has used Badeyes name a lot of times. This was Badeyes first. Frankly I don't blame him to much. It must be frustrating. I'm just trying to be a little consistent.
Yeah right. Poor wittle frustrated Badeye has posted it many times. And since he also has bragged in the past about doing security checks on people as a part of his business, I think calling it a breach of ethics would be a mild understatement.
No he hasn't. Not here anyways.
Not anywhere 'many times'. war, Brian S, a few others have done so 'many times'. The irony of course is my life is exactly as I've stated online when I was relative 'anonymous'. None of them can say that, especially the dwarf.
#96. To: Badeye (#93)
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestWhat’s left today, three decades after Reagan’s victory, is a ruling class of Rotary Club nihilists. Right-wing degenerates. And they’re not even interesting degenerates anymore, the way some Right-wingers used to be. They just scream a lot. Scream and bang a stick on the ground–and at the end of the stick-banging, they go to pick up their checks from their billionaire sponsors.
#2. To: lucysmom (#1)
#4. To: Badeye (#2)
#8. To: war (#4)
#15. To: Badeye, war (#8)
#32. To: A K A Stone (#15)
If you don't use his name he wont use yours. Sounds fair to me.
#33. To: Badeye, A K A Stone (#32)
Sorry Stone. I made the mistake of reviewing that pussy's thousands of posts to and about me here the other day.
#37. To: mininggold, Badeye, war (#33)
Standard practice here is to be given a time out to think about it.
#39. To: A K A Stone, badeye (#37)
war has used Badeyes name a lot of times. This was Badeyes first. Frankly I don't blame him to much. It must be frustrating. I'm just trying to be a little consistent
#40. To: mininggold (#39)
Yeah right. Poor wittle frustrated Badeye has posted it many times.
#93. To: A K A Stone (#40)
Yeah right. Poor wittle frustrated Badeye has posted it many times. No he hasn't. Not here anyways.
Replies to Comment # 93. Anyway, I did violate your policy, and it won't happen again. Appreciate your view on this. Sorry I added to the aggravation.
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